What if a cluster is declining? the dynamics behind a local knowledge network /
Knowledge networks are important tools for analyzing the local flows of innovation-related knowledge and consequently on the success of regional clusters. An increasing number of studies focused on the forces that shape and form these networks but the role of these factors in shrinking networks is n...
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| Dokumentumtípus: | Könyv része |
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2016
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| Sorozat: | Economics and Management of Global Value Chains : Regional Clusters, Local Networks and Entrepreneurship
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| Kulcsszavak: | Tudáshálózatok, Hálózati dinamika |
| Online Access: | http://acta.bibl.u-szeged.hu/57527 |
| Tartalmi kivonat: | Knowledge networks are important tools for analyzing the local flows of innovation-related knowledge and consequently on the success of regional clusters. An increasing number of studies focused on the forces that shape and form these networks but the role of these factors in shrinking networks is not well understood. Do firm characteristics or the network structure explain the emergence and decline of knowledge ties in a cluster? In order to address the above question, we map the knowledge network from micro-level relational data collected by a roster recall method questionnaire in the printing and paper product industry of the urban agglomeration of Kecskemét, Hungary in years 2012 and in 2015. The investigated knowledge network became smaller over the period, which is mainly due to increasing competition across the co-located firms. Results of stochastic actor-oriented models suggest that embeddedness, network status, cognitive proximity and the external knowledge ties of firms play an important role in the dynamics of knowledge networks, even in case of a declining cluster in a transition economic setting. |
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| Terjedelem/Fizikai jellemzők: | 11-28 |
| ISBN: | 978-963-306-501-3 |